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It sucks that the work week starts again tomorrow, but it’s suddenness is probably exacerbated by the fact that I spent pretty much the entire day on Saturday playing with Legos. Seriously.

Speaking of Legos, I retrieved my old collection from my closet. Some of the Legos in there are easily over 20 years old and a bit on the grimy side. I looked up some ways to clean them and apparently the washing machine works. I ran some cycles with some bricks and got moderate results. I’m going to try a few in the dishwasher as soon as the current cycle (with actual dishes) is complete and see how that works out. Some people have reported bricks melting, so I’m not using anything that’s too small or made of softer plastics in this test run. Hopefully nothing gets ruined.

Outside of Legoland, I received a new set of foam for my Pelican case. With my larger dome port, I had to reorder everything for travel and there was no real way to do so given the original configuration I had cut out – hence the new foam insert. I spent a while plotting everything out (maybe an hour and a half), but everything is nice and tight and fits well. I’m really happy with how it all turned out and how it looks. If/when I get another strobe or more dome port bodies (the connectors between the dome port itself and the camera housing), I might need to make some additional room, but I also might be able to pack that stuff in a carry-on (love my new camera roller!) or figure stuff out. it shouldn’t be too bad.

Beyond that, there’s not a lot going on. I still need to do a systems check on all of my photo, diving and underwater photo gear, but I should be able to get through all of that next week. I might grab a tank for a day or bring the regs into the dive shop for a quick test, but I doubt there’ll be any problems. We leave in a month for the Bahamas, so there’s still a bit of time left to get everything in order.

Beboop.